Improvement in trace-buckles



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE. Y

JOHN KENNEDY, OF OSAGE MISSION, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHNMOFFIT, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRACE-BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,565, dated August5, 1873 application filed March 22, 1 73.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KENNEDY, of Osage Mission, in the county ofNeosho and State of Kansas, have invented a new and usefulImprovementinTrace-B uckles, of which the following is a specification This inventionconsists in a trace-buckle in which the tongue is pivoted, and providedwith a look, as will be hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is an edge view. Fig. 2 is asection of the buckle taken on the line 00 x of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a topor plan View.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

A is a central plate, of nearly square form, surrounded by loops forattaching portions of the harness. B is a tongue-plate, provided at oneend with angular side projections and a slot, the former to fitcorrespondingly-shaped notches in lugs O O, and the latter to receivepivots projectin g inwardly from said lugs. The slot in the tongue-platenot only allows it to be turned upon its pivot, but also allows it alimited longitudinal movement. D is the tongue attached to the underside of the tongue-plate. The tongue-plate is raised from the centralplate A the thickness of the trace, so that the trace passes throughbetween the two plates and through the openingD beneath the loop E. Thisloop E is for attaching the breeching-strap. The loop F is for thehame-strap, and the two side loops G and H are for the pad-strap and thegirth.

As the trace is passed forward the tongue enters the hole therein, andas it draws back it pulls the ton gue-plate into the angular recesses inthe lugs of the plate A, and thereby locks the same, as seen in dottedlines in Figs. 1 and 2. This movement of the tongue is effected by theslots in the plate before mentioned. The end of the tongue passesthrough a recess in the plate A, as seen in Fig. 2.

With this buckle the trace is kept straight and smooth, without cracksor wrinkles.

The horizontal slot in tongue-plate admits of a lock, and while thetongue-piece of other buckles may be raised, mine cannot, because itfastens as soon as it goes into the slot.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A trace-buckle, consisting of the looped plate A.provided with lugs O O, and the tongue-plate B provided at one end -withtongue D and at the other end with a slot and angular projections, theslot to receive the pivot-pin and the projections to fitcorrespondingly-shaped recesses in the lugs, as and for the purposespecified.

JOHN KENNEDY.

Vtitnesses:

O. A. LAYNG, S. WILsoN.

